Books like The Perks of Being a Wallflower
If you liked The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Because shares tags: young adult, friendship, coming of age.
Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.
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If He Had Been with Me
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, friendship.
Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.
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Turtles All the Way Down
Because shares tags: young adult, mental health, friendship.
Aza Holmes lives with intrusive thoughts while chasing a missing billionaire with Daisy.
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Because shares tags: young adult, friendship, coming of age.
Four best friends share one magical pair of jeans through the summer that changes everything.
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, friendship.
Two Mexican American boys in 1987 El Paso become inseparable and learn what love asks of family.
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The Outsiders
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, friendship.
Outsiders retold: Ponyboy and greasers vs Socs, church fire, rumble, stay gold ache.
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The Kite Runner
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age, friendship.
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.
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Paper Towns
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, friendship.
Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.
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Looking for Alaska
Because shares tags: young adult, coming of age, friendship.
Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.
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White Oleander
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Astrid cycles foster homes after mother Ingrid murders boyfriend.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Virgin Suicides
Because shares tags: literary fiction, coming of age.
Five Lisbon sisters die in 1970s Grosse Pointe as boys watch.
